The Half-Step

Logan Hayes was still standing behind his chair seven seconds after the game ended. He hadn’t taken off his headset. The screen had already gone gray. It was the deciding game of the LCS spring playoffs. One clean fight there, and his team would get to the final resource exchange around Baron. Logan was on Azir, fully built at twenty-two minutes, already downing side towers and controlling the mid lane the way a top mid is supposed to. The enemy mid laner was Sylas, held in place by lane pressure and forced into scraps around the edges of the map. In theory, this was the game that should have been his. He was about to make it his.